I they marketed this as a "let's just conserve our fuel/power sources to save money and resources thing" a lot more people would be on board. But tying it to a leftist political platform lost them a good portion of people who would otherwise be all for it. I recycle, use energy saving bulbs, low water toilets, and have most of my computer stuff attached to smart UPSs that conserve power much better than I could. But I will also be turning all of my lights and stuff on at that time as well. Not to say "fark the environment" but to say "fark you" to all the people who want me to buy into their political BS as a way for them to take more of my liberty and choice.

I use those energy saving bulbs because I choose to. But you can bet that if I were ever forced to, I would instead use as many incandescent bulbs as I can manage. Forced virtue is no virtue.

taurusowner:I they marketed this as a "let's just conserve our fuel/power sources to save money and resources thing" a lot more people would be on board. But tying it to a leftist political platform lost them a good portion of people who would otherwise be all for it. I recycle, use energy saving bulbs, low water toilets, and have most of my computer stuff attached to smart UPSs that conserve power much better than I could. But I will also be turning all of my lights and stuff on at that time as well. Not to say "fark the environment" but to say "fark you" to all the people who want me to buy into their political BS as a way for them to take more of my liberty and choice.

I use those energy saving bulbs because I choose to. But you can bet that if I were ever forced to, I would instead use as many incandescent bulbs as I can manage. Forced virtue is no virtue.

The point isn't being virtuous. The point is we only have so much fossil fuels to burn. When we run through it, your freedom of choice will go down dramatically.

I can't find it now, but I thought that there was some reason why Earth Hour actually ended up using more energy.

In any case, my Facebook news feed and Instagram are full of my friends in Asia taking pictures of candles and such that they were burning for it. I'm not sure how using electricity to show the world that you aren't using it really works out to be environmentally friendly though.

when is that? 8:30 Central? Is that, like, two hours earlier Pacific? Or is Mountain time reserved for west Virginia. I can't ever figger this out. Is Alaska time the same as Hawaii? Why Not? They became states at the same time...or near enuf.

I was burning tree tops of old growth pine trees that I had cut down./ pine fresh smell// your bonfire is not big enough till the volenteer FD shows up and is concerned.///planting black walnuts in place of pine.

I have a friend in New Zealand who told me about Earth Hour a few years ago. She was genuinely surprised that I had never heard of it. Apparently it is a big deal over there but come on, aren't there like five lights in New Zealand?